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SpurSince57

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I'm not sure whether there's a rule or if clubs simply write a clause into the terms of the loan.
 

InOffMeLeftShin

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see that it didnt take samu long at all to adjust.

class is permanant form is temporary

Who ever suggested it would take him long? He is obviously a world class finisher and was always going to terrorise Serie A defences. He and Milito will both score bucket loads.

I do wish you would tone down the attacks on Ibra though. If you had seen much Serie A football in the last couple of seasons (which I highly doubt) then you would understand his quality. Personally I would have kept Eto'o as well, but it seems a bit odd to go out of your way to personally attack a player who plays for the team you support.
 

spursandbarca

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Italian football is like waching paint dry. I will watch it if it is the milan derby or roma or Juve otherwise Id rather be having a cleaning at the dentist than watch that crap.


slowest most boring football on the face of the earth.
 

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Italian football is like waching paint dry. I will watch it if it is the milan derby or roma or Juve otherwise Id rather be having a cleaning at the dentist than watch that crap.


slowest most boring football on the face of the earth.

Common misconception. People talk about Serie A like the matches are 0-0 every week and that it is all slow and tactical. It is like saying that English football is all long ball. Basically it is a fallacy and one based on Italian National teams having good no-nonsense defenders.

I've watched plenty of Serie A football and it isn't always great by any means, but it is nowhere near as bad as people (mostly who are just stating it rather than really knowing) claim it is. In fact it evolves in just the same way as the other leagues in Europe. The style of football is probably different now to how it was 10 years ago.

Even my local team Udinese play some great football. They are a counter-attacking side, play with 3 forwards, pretty pacy. There are plenty of goals (in the last two weeks 28 and 24, compared with La Liga's 24 and 26) and some very talented individuals too.

The biggest problems are with the marketing, stadia etc. La Liga and the Premiership look so fresh and appealing in comparison. Serie A is stuck in it's ways, the stadia are old and the stands are miles from the pitch which massively reduces the atmosphere particularly on TV. I think the league have finally acknowledged that the Serie A brand as a whole needs a facelift, it may take some time, but the game is evolving all the time and can actually be quite entertaining.
 

donny1013

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Italian football ain't like watching paint dry at all. If u cared to watch a game like genoa v Napoli you would realise that. IOMLS has said it all really. But you just stay in your bubble of ignorance. Eto'o by no means had a great game, but he scored an important goal, much like a certain swede for barca but then that's completely different obviously
 

DEFchenkOE

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Common misconception. People talk about Serie A like the matches are 0-0 every week and that it is all slow and tactical. It is like saying that English football is all long ball. Basically it is a fallacy and one based on Italian National teams having good no-nonsense defenders.

I've watched plenty of Serie A football and it isn't always great by any means, but it is nowhere near as bad as people (mostly who are just stating it rather than really knowing) claim it is. In fact it evolves in just the same way as the other leagues in Europe. The style of football is probably different now to how it was 10 years ago.

Even my local team Udinese play some great football. They are a counter-attacking side, play with 3 forwards, pretty pacy. There are plenty of goals (in the last two weeks 28 and 24, compared with La Liga's 24 and 26) and some very talented individuals too.

The biggest problems are with the marketing, stadia etc. La Liga and the Premiership look so fresh and appealing in comparison. Serie A is stuck in it's ways, the stadia are old and the stands are miles from the pitch which massively reduces the atmosphere particularly on TV. I think the league have finally acknowledged that the Serie A brand as a whole needs a facelift, it may take some time, but the game is evolving all the time and can actually be quite entertaining.

Great post, agree with this completely, but even 15 years ago when I was 10 years old I loved watching Italian football when it was on C4, players like Zola, Batistuta, Fonseca, Sosa, was really good. I think after the period of the great Milan team with Van Basten, Gullit etc it took a turn for the worse a little bit. Then the Juve thing happened most recently along with some crowd troubles which gave the league a bad name. Also a CL final or semi match involving Juve and Milan didn't help. Think it was a dull 0-0.

The stadiums definitely need looking at, most of them anyway. Donny mentioned the Genoa v Napoli game and it was a very good match, plus Genoa/Samp's stadium is really like an English style, squared, no running track, fans quite close, being a night match just added to the spectacle for me.

Definitely some teams play defensive but not really any different to say what a Birmingham or Bolton would do. There is less long ball football, and I really hate long ball football, it grates me so much!!! :evil:

Anyway, I'm enjoying Serie A so far this season, I think the top teams all have something to offer going forward on their day: Inter, Juve, Milan, Roma, Napoli, Fiorentina, Genoa, Samp, Udinise.

I'm just glad I can finally watch it on tv again.
 

spursandbarca

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even in a la liga for example say sporting are playing almeria. at least they attack and dont try to play 5 man midfields. in spain a small team is only defensive when playing the big 2.

In italy even if 2 rubbish teams are playing each other they are defensive
 

donny1013

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Wrong again, an average of 2.4 goals a game in week 3 of Serie A for example with only 2 draws and 1 0-0. At least you saying you don't watch Serie A shows your lack of knowledge of just how good Zlatan was for Inter. Every league will throw up shit games, Pompey v Man city the other week was like watching paint dry
 

spursandbarca

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as ive said when zlatan scores 30 goals in la liga, win 3 out of 5(4out of 5 in ny other country) la ligas, 2 champions league in 4 seasons. come back to me.

I think he will be at Barca 1 season and bye bye when Rosell arrives
 

donny1013

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So you just dodge the facts again there's a shock. You have to wonder if you have such disdain for Italian football what you are doing talking rubbish in the Serie A thread.
 

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IMO the Serie A has outscored the PL for the last few seasons. Infact Serie A can be a lot more exiting then the PL on its day.

Also 5 man midfield in Italy are getting more uncommon with most teams starting to play 4-1-2-1-1-1 or 4-1-2-1-2. Infact an Italian journalist called it "the era of the trequartista".

I mean i would rather watch sampdoria,Genova,Juventus,Undinese,Milan,Fiorentina,Roma,Parma,Palermo just to name a few then lets say Bolton,Blackburn,Stoke,Chelsea,Hull,Birmingham,Aston Villa, Wolves and Everton +more.
 

Rumbaldo

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as ive said when zlatan scores 30 goals in la liga, win 3 out of 5(4out of 5 in ny other country) la ligas, 2 champions league in 4 seasons. come back to me.

I think he will be at Barca 1 season and bye bye when Rosell arrives

Just because a player performs in one league but fails to recreate the same form in another does not make that player a bad player nor does it mean the league he played in before was gash. you clearly dislike zlatan and thats your call but dont be foolish enough to look on him as a bad player just because he cant play in your system or in the style la liga demands (which he may well be able to still early doors)
Serie A is a quality league full of experience, great players, passionate fans and massive clubs cant wait for it to be their turn on top again.
Also that mysterious fog that turns up quite alot whats that all about?
 

donny1013

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The fog at some Serie A games? That's when the ultras left off their flares in the ground. Genoa set off a few after destroying Napoli 4-1.
 

spursandbarca

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i am not saying he is bad player he isnt samuel eto'o who is the best number 9 in the world. every person is who is a true cule is pissed off at this swap as well
 

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as ive said when zlatan scores 30 goals in la liga, win 3 out of 5(4out of 5 in ny other country) la ligas, 2 champions league in 4 seasons. come back to me.

I think he will be at Barca 1 season and bye bye when Rosell arrives

I might be wrong (i'm not) but Ibra won 4 league titles in the last 4 seasons in Serie A (including the one Juve were stripped of). What more can he do than that? He scored 42 goals in 61 games in what you call a defensive league, in addition to countless assists.

Sure I can understand your disappointment at Eto'o leaving, but why write another player off before he has even had a chance? Players come and go, Eto'o left and Barca decided to bring in Ibra, that isn't his fault (other than the fact he has played well and caught the eye of one of the best teams in the world). He might not score 30 goals every season, Barca might not win as many La Liga titles (although that could be to do with other factors than just Eto'o/Ibra) but writing off a guy based on little real knowledge of him seems crazy. In fact even if you didn't know anything about him you should still get behind him (again not his fault he is replacing Eto'o).

Of course the altrernative option is to play Bojan, but I would be worried for him replacing Eto'o if he is expected to score at least 30 goals a season and lead them to 3 titles and 2 CL's.
 

donny1013

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Bari - Atalanta Sun
Cagliari - Inter Sun
Catania - Lazio Sun
Chievo - Genoa Sun
Juventus - Livorno Sat [ESPN 19.45]
Milan - Bologna Sun
Napoli - Udinese Sat
Parma - Palermo Sun
Roma - Fiorentina Sun [ESPN 19.45]
Sampdoria - Siena Sun
 

Rumbaldo

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is that all? were there not 3 games last week?

juve lazio
napoli genoa
and inter vs someone?

could someone confirm that for me so i can stop thinking that im making stuff up

Still Roma Fiorentina should be a good un
 

donny1013

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Inter v Napoli is on Wednesday night so that may be why they are only showing two games.
 
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